Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth

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  1. Heroic_Stigma
    Feb 2, 2016
    9
    Just Initial impressions so far about ~7 hours in from an early Gamestop employee buddy, but it's shaping up to be quite the solid RPG for those who've been craving one recently with deep turn based combat.

    Speaking of the combat...If you've played the Shin Megami Tensei series (such as Nocturne PS2 or SMT:IV 3DS), then hopefully you will enjoy the combat in this game because it is    Just Initial impressions so far about ~7 hours in from an early Gamestop employee buddy, but it's shaping up to be quite the solid RPG for those who've been craving one recently with deep turn based combat.

    Speaking of the combat...If you've played the Shin Megami Tensei series (such as Nocturne PS2 or SMT:IV 3DS), then hopefully you will enjoy the combat in this game because it is similar, but unique enough because it's Digimon of course. The exploitation of weaknesses, creature fusion, hidden effect moves and special attacks are all here from the SMT series.

    There's a hub world, and the graphics are fine but my main gripe is that the difference between this and the Vita version is roughly only ~1.1 GB, so honestly how much improvement could there be? Oh well, at least we get to play on the big screen. The traveling areas are nice looking but nothing like a big budget game like Bloodborne or GTA V.

    This is my first review for Metacritic, mostly because I've been lazy to create an account but so many great RPGs for the PS4 are coming soon, so why not give some input! Will edit back this review later if possible for more useful info.    … Expand
  2. Sc1ss0rman
    Feb 2, 2016
    10
    Everything snyone could as for from a Digimon game and a JRPG in general. Under the eye candy of the game's flashy attack animations there is a deep and yet easy to grasp battle system that can be likened to the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series. If you love digimon or are even just ab RPG fab, Cyber Sleuth is a MUST HAVE.
  3. formanstwin
    Feb 3, 2016
    8
    You can keep reading, if you'd like. In fact, I'd prefer it. That being said, if you are a fan of both Digimon AND JRPG's, this game is a no-brainer. Please go throw sixty two dollars and some change at whatever local retailer or online company of your choice that is selling a copy of this game. You have been informed.

    Bandai Namco has sold this game as an experience for an older    You can keep reading, if you'd like. In fact, I'd prefer it. That being said, if you are a fan of both Digimon AND JRPG's, this game is a no-brainer. Please go throw sixty two dollars and some change at whatever local retailer or online company of your choice that is selling a copy of this game. You have been informed.

    Bandai Namco has sold this game as an experience for an older generation of Digimon fans. That being said, I haven't watched or thought about Digimon since I was about 11, maybe 12. I ended up playing the new app, Digimon Heroes, and the itch to play a full length, fully realized console Digimon game grew with each passing day. I am a big fan of RPG's, having been a fan of Pokemon since I was 4, the Tales series since I was 12, and Fire Emblem since I was also 12.

    Digimon Cyber Sleuth follows the consistent (some may call it tired) formula of a JRPG. Yes, there is grinding. Plenty of it, in fact. Even though this is directly from Japan, people will still complain about how it's like "All the other JRPG's". While the grinding, cringe-worthy dialogue and japanese subtitles exist, far more content is offered in order to differentiate from the rest of the pack- allow me to elaborate.

    * I will not spoil the story. The story is pretty darn good. **

    Location

    The locale of DSCS is one of the most unique environments I have ever set foot within a video game. I am speaking of the real world, Japan. The most famous parts of Japan have been recreated piece by piece- save for copyright infringements- in order to provide the player an immersive and bustling hub world. Unfortunately, the NPC's are robotic and only useful for quests- or cases as they're called. The environment around you is also very set in stone. There is hardly any interacting with the objects around you. To me that is slightly disappointing. It would've been cool to find a Digimon hiding or a special item and would've played into that Sleuth role of your main character quite well.

    Battle System

    You have your classic Turn based strategy. Digimon are not dubbed or subbed, only main characters are subbed. This really disconnects you from the Digimon in use. I am used to Guilmon's childlike demeanor and his trademark bubble-in-throat inflections. These are woefully absent in the game. Getting back on track, the Battle system is both addicting at simple. The double triangle that exists within Digimon is hard to get used to but once you master that, the game becomes even easier. You will get very familiar with the battle system. As I mentioned before, grinding is a must. There are features you can use as the main character to increase and decrease the encounter rate for Digimon, making training a breeze.

    Digilab

    A hub for your Digimon collection. Here, you can hatch, train, delete, move Digivolve/De-Digivolve, and teach Digimon. The feature "Digifarm" gives you the option to place your Digimon in a virtual society, performing various tasks to find real life criminals, items, and experience points. Always seems a bit too easy to get EXP, though. Still, the one gripe I have regarding Digilab is the fact it's not readily available from all points in the game. It should be accessible from any given moment: think smartphone app. That would have been an intuitive and welcome addition to the game. An online colosseum is also an interesting feature, but one I have not yet used.

    the Digimon

    This is where it's at. I cannot tell you how great it is to have Renamon fighting at my command. The models look fantastic from a distance, and just like everything else in the game, become slightly less appealing the closer you get. As I mentioned before, Digimon are not subbed or dubbed, so you have no idea what they are saying in battle. However, pulling off a Diamond Storm with Renamon is extremely satisfying. There are 244 Digimon if you preordered the game. Each was carefully rendered to provide you the fan service of bringing you back to the moment you began to appreciate the world of Digimon.

    I do not count Grinding against the game. However, I do find the lack of English dialogue a bit disappointing. This was the Western addition of the game, and there are no english voice actors. Maybe that is for the best, but as a fan of the Western television show, not hearing my favorite Monsters talk and exclaim moves in the voices I know is a let down. The world of Digimon Cyber Sleuth is vast yet lacking any real depth- think Tales of. The heavy-handed Japanese influence of the world may be a turnoff to some, but to me, it provides a unique look into a culture I know little about through the lens of Digimon. If it wasn't for the great preorder incentives, I would've waited to pick this game up. It's a great game, but sixty dollars is a steep asking price for a game w/o the option to choose between Japanese and English.

    Characters in this game have called me "Asswipe". Parents be warned this game will call your kid an asswipe.

    8/10    … Expand
  4. Joshua19v
    Feb 4, 2016
    9
    30 or so hours in i am not slightly bored, the characters and story are interesting, Combat is a classic turn based RPG combat system which is both easy to understand but complex enough to be fun.

    If you like Digimon you will love this game
    If you don't like digimon then its probably hit or miss, but im leaning towards hit.
  5. Dgreenfeld
    Feb 4, 2016
    10
    This is the best digimon game to come out in a VERY long time. Like PS2 long time. Maybe ever. Combat is fun, raising and leveling digimon is in-depth, GRIND-ABLE (which I love) and the story and dialogue is actually pretty quirky/funny.

    Great RPG, and if you're a digimon person (digi-person?!) it's a MUST.
  6. ProxyNomine
    Feb 4, 2016
    10
    So let me begin by saying WOW! I am truly amazed by this game, so let's do a honest breakdown and yes I am biased because I do in fact love the game but I will try my best to be objective here.
    PROS:
    -Welcome Home! You can roam the digiverce as well as the human world in some of the best graphics a game like this has seen. The world though not fully interact able are very well done and    So let me begin by saying WOW! I am truly amazed by this game, so let's do a honest breakdown and yes I am biased because I do in fact love the game but I will try my best to be objective here.
    PROS:
    -Welcome Home! You can roam the digiverce as well as the human world in some of the best graphics a game like this has seen. The world though not fully interact able are very well done and provide a fun and varied set of environments to roam.
    -Depth! Holy cow the depth of leveling, digivolving, trial and error finding that perfect team, your farm to help raise digimon you don't want with you, the 242 total digimon, working fun cases that take you through both worlds, the way skills work and leveling is affected by both digivolving and de-digivolving (yes you can go down evolutions to try for higher levels and alternet evolutions), and with a hard mode it really all ties together in a deep immersion that makes you fall in love with the anime all over again.
    CONS:
    -No dubbed dialog.
    -No local pvp only ranked matches
    -THATS ALL!

    So let me be honest, if you see people ripping this apart its because they do not know a good Rpg if it sat on there lap, or they don't like localized JRPGs and are just playing a game that's not for them. If you like Pokemon, monster rancher, or Digimon at all this game is a welcome change to the constant shooters and action based combat games coming out. Good luck and I hope you give it a try because you won't regret it.    … Expand
  7. Data_Error
    Feb 9, 2016
    8
    Excellent for fans, but by no means perfect.

    The Digimon franchise seems to be making a comeback in the United States by way of those consumers who were fans back in the first few years of its presence there - the fact that this game was published in North America largely by fan request is solid evidence of this. And there's a lot for those fans to love here - nearly all of the Digimon    Excellent for fans, but by no means perfect.

    The Digimon franchise seems to be making a comeback in the United States by way of those consumers who were fans back in the first few years of its presence there - the fact that this game was published in North America largely by fan request is solid evidence of this. And there's a lot for those fans to love here - nearly all of the Digimon characters present in this game are taken from the first three shows in the series (with plenty to choose from at nearly 250 unique creatures), and the core gameplay is quite solid to the point where it's a joy in and of itself just collecting all of the old favorites.

    While Bandai certainly deserves credit for responding directly to their users in such a major way, unfortunately it feels like they've only done the bare minimum to service the original product. The translation work in this game is, to put it bluntly, abysmal, to the point where it gets in the way. Not sourcing English-language voices is understandable for a relatively niche product, but the phrasing used in the dialogue is consistently awkward, there are outright grammatical errors in places, and certain conversation choices are bugged due to text overflowing its designated space. Some of this even encroaches on the tutorials and descriptive text, which can lead to the player being misled. It consistently feels like allowing the translation team another few weeks for quality assurance would have done wonders for the apparent quality of the game.

    Not that the rest of the experience is without its issues, mind you. On Playstation 4, it's fairly obvious that this game is a scaled-up release of the handheld version from the texture and model quality of some of the environments and human characters. Luckily enough, it seems like plenty of work went into tuning the Digimon themselves, and they all look great as a result. The art design overall is quite excellent, especially the detailed environments of the real world and colorful look of EDEN - again, quite similar to elements of the early seasons of the anime in appearance - but the human characters' designs certainly won't suit everybody's taste.

    The Digimon management system is excellent; rather than being chance-based, you earn new Digimon simply by encountering them repeatedly, with rewards being greater the more you encounter that monster before claiming it - and the process doesn't feel like a grind at all at least for creatures in the first half of the game, especially since it's in-line with what is required to progress in the first place. In fact, on the Normal difficulty, Cyber Sleuth manages to avoid the trap of making the player level-grind to progress, especially since Digimon level up remarkably quickly in the first place. Unfortunately, the Hard difficulty does fall into a standard RPG trap - the opponent creatures are simply given a bump in numerical strength and unlimited "skill points" rather than making the AI more intelligent, which *does* encourage grinding simply to avoid situations where your opponents move four times for every one move you get.

    The story is fairly standard JRPG fare - not fantastic, but engaging enough to keep the player pushing forward, with characters ranging from endearing to irritating from scene to scene. As the title would suggest, you're provided a good stable of side-missions, which is where I would argue that this game works best; each "case" acts as its own self-contained story arc, ranging from the expected investigations of Digimon-assisted cyber-crimes to fun romps like discovering a rampant ice Digimon causing an air conditioner malfunction.

    Cyber Sleuth does a lot right - it's pretty easily-accessible to newcomers while throwing old fans a bone, and the meat of the game is enticing enough to keep players hooked - but several glaring issues in its presentation will make it a hard sell for anybody not already interested.    … Expand
  8. Irouzan
    Feb 9, 2016
    9
    There have not been many JRPGs coming out for major systems in recent years. This is of course unfortunate, because they are still very fun games for the right people, as are all games. Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth, is not only a great game for fans of Digimon, but a very good JRPG as well.

    Having played many JRPGs before, the mechanics are very similar to what I am used to, but are also    There have not been many JRPGs coming out for major systems in recent years. This is of course unfortunate, because they are still very fun games for the right people, as are all games. Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth, is not only a great game for fans of Digimon, but a very good JRPG as well.

    Having played many JRPGs before, the mechanics are very similar to what I am used to, but are also a lot deeper than I thought they would be. For example, not only does it borrow type weaknesses from previous games, but also element weaknesses, and even a second element wheel. Of course like many other games of this genre, there are status effects, such as poison and paralysis, but also ones specific to these games that gives it its own strategy and uniqueness. The real meat of the mechanics however, is the case system, which is like side quests but given a spin on it to make it not as boring, and the Digimon themselves.

    The Digimon, all are unique and fun, as well as having different skills for different strategies and situations. An example of this would be how the Greymon line of Digimon are more geared towards slow and offensive monsters, while the Garurumon line is more focused on speed. There are support Digimon as well, and each Digimon has inherited skills that can be transferred whenever they digivolve.
    You will be spending a lot of time leveling these monsters up and changing them, whether it be in stats or forms. There can be a very big grind, but finding the different Digimon and going to all their different Digivolutions makes it enjoyable.

    Lastly, the story can be a little long for this game, and people will be put off by the Japanese voice acting, instead of English ones, but it does not detract from the experience. This game is a Japanese game, with the anime-like story and characters, so the Japanese voices are fitting, and commonplace when games like these are ported from Japan. Overall the story is interesting, and the characters are very memorable, as is the great music that accompanies it. If you liked the Danganronpa games or some of the Shin Megami Tensei games, you will like the music, and probably the story as well.

    As a fan of Digimon and JRPGs, this game is wonderful and has kept me very busy for 50+ hours, I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys these types of games. This game deserves an 8.5- 9.0, is it is a lot deeper than you expect, and worth it, especially on Vita as it is $20 cheaper, even if the PS4 version is better in every way. Let us hope that we get more of these games, and that actual "critics" review this game, as it deserves at least to be looked at and not forgotten.    … Expand
  9. NMFreed
    Feb 7, 2016
    8
    Chances are, if you weren’t a 10-year-old kid in 2003, you probably haven’t heard all that much about Digimon, or Digital Monsters.

    Digimon was the story of a group of kids, given cool little beepers called Digivices, who were sent into the Digital World to defend the life and times of smart, human language-speaking creatures called Digimon. Fast forward more than 10 years later, and    Chances are, if you weren’t a 10-year-old kid in 2003, you probably haven’t heard all that much about Digimon, or Digital Monsters.

    Digimon was the story of a group of kids, given cool little beepers called Digivices, who were sent into the Digital World to defend the life and times of smart, human language-speaking creatures called Digimon. Fast forward more than 10 years later, and Digimon is all grown up in a role-playing detective game for the Playstation 4 and Playstation Vita.

    Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth’s premise is simple, but its content and replay-ability runs deep. You’re a normal, Web-surfing guy or gal who gets involved with a group of hackers and somehow ends up in a digital coma. What is a digital coma? Well, your body is in a coma but you can still manifest in the real world as a program, I think.

    Anyway, while the overarching plot has you finding out how to get back to your body, it’s your job to solve cyber crimes. You work with a detective agency, led by someone with an odd haircut, and put the magnifying glass on everything from a buggy smartphone app to a broken air conditioning unit.
    But come on, everyone knows the real fun is with the Digimon.

    And Cyber Sleuth delivers there, channeling bits and pieces of earlier Digimon games like Digimon World: Dawn and Dusk and combining it with housekeeping elements from the Pokemon games. And yes, I have been avoiding the parallels to Pokemon on purpose, because aside from monster collecting, these are wholly different titles.

    You scan, load, train and digivolve these monsters so that they can get stronger in battle. Battles are turn-based and involved pre-selecting skills and items in an attempt to strategize the best move. Think chess, but if each piece could blow fire and rain sharp minerals down from the sky.

    And things like the DigiFarm give off some heavy Pokemon vibes, but there’s enough there to make a difference, and a lot of it executes a hell of a lot better than your average ’mon game. The farm allows you to play and feed your Digimon, and they’ll level up while you’re out sleuthing. You’ll even get text messages in-game detailing your monster’s progress.

    For those worried about content, fret not. While the game may get a bit boring after a play-through, there’s plenty more to do afterward. Once you complete the game’s 20-quest main story, there are endgame quests, collectibles, replayable dungeons and more. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but it’s enough to keep the average completionist interested.

    It’s odd, really, that after all this time a Digimon game could come out and actually be pretty darn good. While the game originally released in Japan in March 2015, it took more than 60,000 signatures on a Change.org petition to make its way west. Hey, maybe we’ll get that Nintendo 3DS Digimon game here pretty soon. One can only hope.

    Overall, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth is a pleasant blast from the past. Its story isn’t groundbreaking but the combat and performance are nearly flawless. With elements from popular Japanese role-playing games like Persona and Pokemon, one can only imagine this game will find its niche here in the States.

    - Nicholas Friedman, Denton Record-Chronicle    … Expand
  10. Lucius_13
    Mar 3, 2016
    9
    I got to say this is the first Digimon game I actually liked it was fun, controls are simple, story is wonderful, artwork is quite stunning even if all the female characters have the same body only difference is the hair color, outfits and eye color, getting Megadigimon is quite tricky and involves a lot of work but that's where the fun comes in (and actually having a Myotismon at my sideI got to say this is the first Digimon game I actually liked it was fun, controls are simple, story is wonderful, artwork is quite stunning even if all the female characters have the same body only difference is the hair color, outfits and eye color, getting Megadigimon is quite tricky and involves a lot of work but that's where the fun comes in (and actually having a Myotismon at my side is awesome he always was my favorite digimon) I recommend this game to people looking for a good single player experience although there is multiplayer stuff on there you don't need to go into it which I found nice as not everyone likes playing online all the time, only thing about this game I hated was you couldn't edit your characters appearance the red hair annoys me lol that's why I gave it a 9 instead of 10… Expand
  11. BlackDevilZ
    Feb 14, 2016
    8
    Very good rpg like shin magami tensai (or persona)
    Nice batle system, more than 200 digimon
    gameplay 8
    Grafik 6
    Sound 9
    Fun 10
    Must play game
    Buy this game or.....
  12. haselnussstrauc
    Mar 1, 2016
    10
    Awesome.
    Complex Digivolution, Nice battle System.
    I love the round based battle system.

    The fights are very easy, so you can play it very relaxed :)

    Btw. English Subtitles
  13. KangarooRIOT
    Feb 9, 2016
    10
    This game has blown me away. I have not played many JRPGs but if what they bring to the table are more Digimon games like this- THEN COUNT ME IN! The music, the gameplay, the abillity to "auto attack" to speed up grinding, the story and the amazing art of the digimon- AMAZING!

    The only complaint i have is out of all of the 1200+ digimon the game only has 240 (Maybe check the list of    This game has blown me away. I have not played many JRPGs but if what they bring to the table are more Digimon games like this- THEN COUNT ME IN! The music, the gameplay, the abillity to "auto attack" to speed up grinding, the story and the amazing art of the digimon- AMAZING!

    The only complaint i have is out of all of the 1200+ digimon the game only has 240 (Maybe check the list of all 240). That is not a bad number at all but when i saw the game did not have my beloved JewelBeemon (because Stingmon is the coolest digimon in the entire digital world) it did sort of break my heart when I went to digivolve him and instead got another tiered digimon that I could have gotten with another digimon- instead of wasting my Stingmon :/.

    Though, if the site allowed me to give the game a decimal score- I'd have given it a 9.5/10 . . . but since it only allows whole numbers- a 10 is a right amount.

    Thanks for reading!    … Expand
  14. tomvs123
    Jun 9, 2017
    2
    This is primarily a game for digimon/pokemon/monster-growers/collectors, or people who don't expect much from their JRPGs. I'm none of these, but let me start with the good:

    There's loads of digimon in the game. As you fight them, you obtain them. There's then various ways to level them up and move them up and down the evolution tree until you get them with the skills and stats you    This is primarily a game for digimon/pokemon/monster-growers/collectors, or people who don't expect much from their JRPGs. I'm none of these, but let me start with the good:

    There's loads of digimon in the game. As you fight them, you obtain them. There's then various ways to level them up and move them up and down the evolution tree until you get them with the skills and stats you want. This appears to be the main draw of the game and is what people mean when they say the game is addictive.

    And now the bad. This is from the perspective of JRPG veteran who only plays/likes games with adult themes and solid stories.

    The story appears to be aimed at 8-14 year olds. It's basically a "detective vs. an evil corporation" story that gets supernatural about half way through. If you're just here to collect digimon, the story is a must, since you must get through it to get the strongest ones. It took me 38 hours to complete and is about as linear as you'd expect from a JRPG.

    The story wasn't at all interesting or engaging for me, though it did go from "absolutely unbearable" to "tolerable" after about half-way through. Don't expect much here unless you find Power Rangers stories to be engaging.

    The dialog and other text in the game is horrendous. Everyone says about 400% more than they need to to get their point across. This makes most of the character conversations outright boring. There's several typos/translation issues. Some text is completely out of place (like it was copied into the wrong spot). And because the story is so silly, some characters try to explain away the silliness by constantly giving paragraphs of explanation of why certain silly thing are supposed to make sense. It's like listening to a little girl explain for 30 minutes why she's a princess from a magical dimension who can see fairies and perform magic only when people aren't looking.

    The combat is incredibly basic. Think original Dragon Warrior/Quest, but with attributes on all monsters and attacks. I used to think the Atelier games had basic turn-based combat, but those games have much more interesting and engaging combat than this one.

    The side missions are very basic. There's simple ones where you find a lost item and standard ones where you visit places and fight a monster. The simple find item ones are horrible unless you like searching through large dungeons full of random encounters for a relatively worthless item. The standard ones are a bit better and at least include some story information. Though the quality of these are the same as the main story.

    Extras: There's nothing. I beat the game and got nothing but a new game plus mode and some extra side-missions that I can do if I want to evolve to the best digimon. No developer commentary, no character model viewer, no music mode (not that the music is impressive). I was hoping for more considering that just about every other JRPG I've played in the last 4 years on PS3/PS4 has these.

    It's a competent game, it's just not for me. I think my daughter might have a fun time playing it when she turns 8 (if she doesn't get bored by the walls of meaningless dialog).    … Expand
  15. Xethyrus
    Mar 26, 2016
    8
    Overall an enjoyable game. It gets some bonus points for nostalgia and some pretty nice/sexy character designs.
    My main complaints are that side quests are very repetitive, there is no quick travel in the real world. Also the game can be a bit confusing at time as to what you are supposed to do next, even when you talk to the 2 characters who would usually give you hints.
    Overall it's    Overall an enjoyable game. It gets some bonus points for nostalgia and some pretty nice/sexy character designs.
    My main complaints are that side quests are very repetitive, there is no quick travel in the real world. Also the game can be a bit confusing at time as to what you are supposed to do next, even when you talk to the 2 characters who would usually give you hints.

    Overall it's an enjoyable RPG, but unless you're already a fan of digimon there are better ones out there.    … Expand
  16. yurifp
    Mar 2, 2017
    9
    Pros: Good Story
    Fun Battles
    Great digimon raising system

    Cons:
    A lot of explanation, has so much talk that you get tired, in every room you enter, your phone rings with kyoko or another character explaining something...PLEASE, LET ME PLAY!
    8,5/10
  17. lapras_nb
    Feb 19, 2016
    10
    I absolutely LOVE this game. Have been a huge fan of Digimon since season 1 back in the day, and have played almost all of the games released so far. This is by far the most enjoyable, both in terms of the gameplay, storyline as well as the selection of Digimon available. Highly highly recommend this game!
  18. Attack__3
    Jul 19, 2019
    9
    Wonderful story and battle system. You can make a lot of different teams, and there is no useless digimon, however, instead next order, cyber sleuth lacks about the importance of your decisions impacts at your partners evolution. Furthermore, you don't feel like your partners are important, even your starter, because there aren't enough interactions with your digimons.
  19. ChieFofWaR117
    Feb 2, 2016
    10
    I'll try to keep this short and sweet. Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth is a must buy for anyone interested in playing through an engaging story while creating their own unique team of powerful monsters. You don't have to know about Digimon in order to understand or enjoy this game. With that being said, fans of the Digimon series just might die and go to Heaven while playing this game becauseI'll try to keep this short and sweet. Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth is a must buy for anyone interested in playing through an engaging story while creating their own unique team of powerful monsters. You don't have to know about Digimon in order to understand or enjoy this game. With that being said, fans of the Digimon series just might die and go to Heaven while playing this game because the developers have done the Digimon series such justice I can't even describe it in words.

    It is so refreshing to see a Digimon game on a next gen console, and the fact that it is REALLY good makes the long wait even more worth it. I highly recommend this game to anyone looking for a fun JRPG. The game takes around 70 hours to beat, has hard difficulty settings, new game +, tons of Digimon to train and create a team with, and even online battles to see who has the best combination and strategy. I hope this game gets the publicity and praise it deserves!    … Expand
  20. Strain
    Feb 3, 2016
    10
    Fantastic game! Definitely a great installment! Loved Digimon when I was a kid and I love it now! Tons of fun and incredible gameplay elements. I recommend this to anyone!
  21. Phifer
    Feb 4, 2016
    10
    In 2011, Joymax brought Digimon Masters Online to the world Globally while maintaining its Korean home. It had been years since Digimon games were made far in-between titles and GDMO was the only game that was constant because it was online and was constantly being updated. After a petition had gone out ~2012 to get Re:Digitize, the Japanese re-dux of Digitize into a 3DS title, theIn 2011, Joymax brought Digimon Masters Online to the world Globally while maintaining its Korean home. It had been years since Digimon games were made far in-between titles and GDMO was the only game that was constant because it was online and was constantly being updated. After a petition had gone out ~2012 to get Re:Digitize, the Japanese re-dux of Digitize into a 3DS title, the creators of the games had apparently relented and localized Cyber Sleuth, a vita title from 2015.

    It is a step away from the DGMN: World series and is it's own title. In the little time I was able to play with it in my busy schedule, I am extremely happy with it. The nostalgia for the 1990-2000 fans is astounding to play with friends we haven't seen in many years on television. The turn base system is easy for newcomers to video games and to the series itself. The fact that this was a handheld title that was ported to a system, there are obvious thoughts of "Is this really a PS4 game?" - yes, it is and it should be. The story is great. The gameplay is amazing. I have very few gripes about the game being the lazy translation and the wide range of abbreviation/stats one has to keep note of. Otherwise, it is an amazing game and I am extremely happy to see Digimon again. It is fresh change from the same ol': Pokemon, CoD, Halo, etc. 10/10 would recommend to anyone. A+. Bandai's twitter is the best way to contact them with any sort of information!    … Expand
  22. istark93
    Feb 6, 2016
    10
    I been playing this game since released. I cant stop playing. this game is addictive and awesome. The only down side it's a vita game. However as an RPG game its worth the waiting and time. you will be amazed and hooked with the story. I really recommend it.
  23. Deadpool_Ranger
    Feb 4, 2016
    9
    Game Review; Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (PS4).
    I've been waiting for this game for a long time. As a huge Digimon fan in all aspects (Anime, Card Game, Movies and Video Games), I've been waiting for the day that Bandai Namco brings Digimon to the US after such a long hiatus.
    PROS: Graphics are amazing. The humans in the game were created by Suzuhito Yasuda, who worked on the    Game Review; Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (PS4).
    I've been waiting for this game for a long time. As a huge Digimon fan in all aspects (Anime, Card Game, Movies and Video Games), I've been waiting for the day that Bandai Namco brings Digimon to the US after such a long hiatus.

    PROS: Graphics are amazing. The humans in the game were created by Suzuhito Yasuda, who worked on the characters in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor and Durarara!!. Cut scenes are unique, the Digimon are spot on from their card and anime counter-parts. Battles are fluid and exciting with a classic, turn-based RPG feel.
    Storyline is amazing, solving several cases that link to your current state, with others as fun side-missions.

    CONS: No Online Battles except for Ranking Battles. This pretty much means you can't battle your friends on the PS4 version, which sucks, since one of the main reasons I bought thus was that I was told that you can battle with other Tamers, with no such luck. The Ranking Battles even seem to have pre-downloaded A.I. teams. Very disapointing.
    TAKE-IT OR LEAVE-IT: Japanese audio with English subtitles only. No English audio. Not a problem, but some fine tuning on the subtitles and English audio would have been a nice option.

    SUGGESTIONS: Bandai Namco or whoever needs to make a patch or program to give PS4 Players for this game the ability to play/battle friends. This is almost a must. VITA Players at least have Ad-Hoc for local play with other players. This game would be a solid 10/10 if we had Friend Battles.    … Expand
  24. AStarkie
    Feb 5, 2016
    10
    Finally, the west gets some JRPG love! I am impressed, one of the best JRPGs to come out in a quite some time. This game is quite "dark" and "mature" so don't be put off by the fact it's "Digimon" it's better than I expected, haven't put the thing down yet!
  25. Xavier64
    Feb 5, 2016
    10
    Worth every penny.

    Pro's: - Similar to Digimon World: Dusk/Dawn mechanic wise. - Very well written story. - Japanese Audio with English subs. (oddly nice) - Beautiful Animations and art direction. -Crossplay Cons: - Really feels like movement is restricted from its handheld counterpart. Just nitpicking. - Beautiful art direction but the graphics aren't the best when blown up to 60    Worth every penny.

    Pro's: - Similar to Digimon World: Dusk/Dawn mechanic wise.
    - Very well written story.
    - Japanese Audio with English subs. (oddly nice)
    - Beautiful Animations and art direction.
    -Crossplay
    Cons: - Really feels like movement is restricted from its handheld counterpart. Just nitpicking.
    - Beautiful art direction but the graphics aren't the best when blown up to 60 inches of pure digi-quality
    - Theme's ONLY come from the Digital Bundle of the game.
    - NEED more Digimon games to come to the states. Full fledged PS4 only game!    … Expand
  26. DonKing
    Feb 5, 2016
    10
    One of the best digimon games in a while , story and gameplay , a lil easy but if u set to hard it will be a blast, the quality for ps4 is good , i recomand this for old and new digimon fan , AND THEY NEED TO ADD DUB DLC in the future
  27. Matthew85
    Feb 3, 2016
    10
    Digimon went in the rite direction with this game reaching for an adult audience i love anime already this game feel so rite after 12hrs in and digimon fans are no to giveing for the rating it earns a solid 9 to 10 score iv been playing rps for 26 years now and this is a great jrpg and i hope ps4 will see more.
  28. Zen-Zinxe
    Feb 19, 2016
    8
    So I picked this up almost entirely due to nostalgia, digimon pretty much characterizes my entire childhood and that love never really went away, despite the fact this game cost me 80 freakin dollars. (THANKS CANADA, and people wonder why I rarely buy new releases, let alone own a console) So now borrowing my friends PS4 I'm able to play one of the few digimon games that seemed like itSo I picked this up almost entirely due to nostalgia, digimon pretty much characterizes my entire childhood and that love never really went away, despite the fact this game cost me 80 freakin dollars. (THANKS CANADA, and people wonder why I rarely buy new releases, let alone own a console) So now borrowing my friends PS4 I'm able to play one of the few digimon games that seemed like it could be really good. Surprisingly enough, it is.

    The translations are generally well written, there's a few really goofy lines of dialogue that look like the localization team took quite some liberties with, but as someone who knows absolutely zero Japanese, the writing is easy to understand and the english versions of digimon attacks/lore is very faithful which surprised me because usually the attack names/lore is really inconsistent between different digimon games due to translation.

    From my perspective I think my enjoyment of this game hinges entirely on two things:
    1. I have an OCD like desire to unlock every single digimon's page in the field guide
    2. I have an obsession with designing a team of my most favorite digimon

    The story is fairly interesting, and I definitely want to see where it goes, but as it stands now I find myself thinking "just a few more battles until I can digivolve this guy", "just a few more cases until I have enough party memory to digivolve him to ultimate", "just a few more digimon for the field guide before I sleep". It's been easy for me to kill time with this game and have a lot of fun doing it. But it's because of my love for digimon.

    If you like digimon in general I would call this game a must have. It could have been better, there's no english voice overs, but that is typical for a digimon game. The digimon models are top notch and as far as games in general go, I would say it's a pretty fun and challenging (I'm playing on the hard setting), you can't just breeze through the game using any type of digimon you happen to have, you generally need a decent balanced team to survive boss encounters and smart use of guarding and items to protect your disadvantaged digimon.

    Definitely would have given this a 9/10 if there was effort made to have english voice overs as well, but what can ya do, I doubt digimon will ever be popular enough in NA to justify spending that kind of money.    … Expand
  29. SvenAkiba
    Feb 6, 2016
    8
    This is one of the best Digimon games. Unfortunately, that's not saying much since most Digimon games are trash. Cyber Sleuth finally does Digimon justice, however, providing a tactical gameplay experience which can be brutally difficult on hard mode. The game closely resembles a Persona title. For fans of that kind of turnbased RPG, there is a lot to enjoy here. If you like Digimon thenThis is one of the best Digimon games. Unfortunately, that's not saying much since most Digimon games are trash. Cyber Sleuth finally does Digimon justice, however, providing a tactical gameplay experience which can be brutally difficult on hard mode. The game closely resembles a Persona title. For fans of that kind of turnbased RPG, there is a lot to enjoy here. If you like Digimon then the experience is even more addicting. While I feel that the turn-based battle system can be a bit shallow at times, it's still pretty fun overall.… Expand
  30. Flip724
    Feb 5, 2016
    10
    I have been in a game rut for a while, having all these games but nothing to really grab my attention. I pre-ordered Cyber Sleuth and had no idea how obsessive it would make me. On day one I played from 6pm-3:30am having to tear myself away from the game to go to sleep. I would go to work and all i could think of was my digimon, which ones i could fine, what i wanted them to digivolveI have been in a game rut for a while, having all these games but nothing to really grab my attention. I pre-ordered Cyber Sleuth and had no idea how obsessive it would make me. On day one I played from 6pm-3:30am having to tear myself away from the game to go to sleep. I would go to work and all i could think of was my digimon, which ones i could fine, what i wanted them to digivolve into, and what my perfect team would be. I would get back home and be lost in the game for hours. I'm now 25 hours in and all i want is more. the gameplay is superb, the story/dialogue is pretty great, and the art of it all is splendid. lastly i even catch myself yelling the special moves like "Hoooorn Buster!" for nostalgia sake. the game is beautiful and if you like digimon at all or are just a JRPG fan, you need it in your life… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 45 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 45
  3. Negative: 0 out of 45
  1. Gamer.nl
    Aug 9, 2016
    80
    Though Cyber Sleuth can get a bit grindy, the systems and the story that come with it are fascinating enough to keep you occupied for hours. This is the perfect grindgame for those long summer nights.
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  2. Gamers' Temple
    Jun 11, 2016
    92
    Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth took me by surprise the same way the Digimon TV show did a little while back. The evolution/de-evolution mechanic, the Japanese voice track and the surprisingly mature and deep storyline were my favorite aspects, but the game really has almost no weakness or faults.
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  3. GameCritics
    May 13, 2016
    70
    Cyber Sleuth doesn't reinvent the JRPG that comprises its core, but for a Digimon title, this is a solid step in the right direction.
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